#BF595B#BF595B

#BF595B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.132 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF595B
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 91)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 41.13, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 45.18, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.123 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.132 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9486, 18.9795, 12.1397)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF595B #59BFBD

analogous

#BF598E #BF595B #BF8A59

triadic

#BF595B #5BBF59 #595BBF

tetradic

#BF595B #8EBF59 #59BFBD #8A59BF

square

#BF595B #8EBF59 #59BFBD #8A59BF

split-complementary

#BF595B #59BF8A #598EBF

monochromatic

#722C2D #9E3D3F #BF595B #D08587 #E1B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BF595B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BF595B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF595B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF595B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF595B	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf595b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.132 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b89',
    500: '#bf595b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf595b;
$custom-light: #d78b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf595b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59048,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF595B

secondary

#A4CFCF

accent

#D4D254

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF595B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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